No.1 Bulldogs Take Momentum North On I-95

Oct 22, 2009

Bulldogs Look to Continue Winning
Streak

NEW HAVEN, Conn.- The No.1 Bulldogs will
travel to Connecticut College in New London, Conn., for the Stu
Nelson Trophy this weekend. The regatta will be sailed on the
Thames River in FJs. Coming off two consecutive intersectional
wins, the Bulldogs look to keep the wind in their sails and capture
another top-tier regatta.

Last year the Bulldogs finished second at the
Stu Nelson Trophy. Senior Sarah Lihan and junior Tatyana Camejo
finished second in A division, missing the win by only one point.
In B division, senior Rebecca Jackson, with crews senior Marla
Menninger and junior Elizabeth Brim, finished 10th.

Two weekends ago the team won the prestigious
three-division Navy Women’s Fall Intersectional and followed
it up with a victory at home in the Yale Women’s
Intersectional this past weekend. After an up-and-down start to the
fall season, the Bulldogs have hit their stride just in time to
tune up for the end-of-fall championships. Next weekend is the
qualifier for the Atlantic Coast Championships being hosted by
Brown on Nov. 14 and 15. Three members of the team, Lihan and
freshmen Emily Billing and Claire Dennis, will also be competing at
singlehanded nationals on Nov. 6-8 in Corpus Christi. This means
that the Stu Nelson Trophy is the last regatta of the fall season
without championship implications.

Once again the Bulldogs will face top teams
from all over the east coast including No. 2 Boston College, No. 3
Brown and No. 4 Old Dominion. Racing begins at 9:30 a.m.